The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-08-06
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Preliminary Report Of the Bureau
of Animal Industry.
Progress OF the Work for the Suppression
Of Pleuro- Pneumonia In the United
States for the six Months
Ending June 80.
PRELIMINARY REPORT.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-The chief Of the
Bureau of Animal Industry has just made
a preliminary report to the Commissioner
Of Agriculture on the progress Of the work
for the suppression Of pleuro-pneumopia
for the six months ended June 30, 1887. He
states that the last appropriation Of $500, 900.
and the law giving authority to compensate
for diseased and exposed ami mails, and also
to quarantine and disinfect premises, has
enabled the bureau to accomplish very
much more than had been possible previous
to that time. The new rules and regula-
tions made to conform with this act issued
April Is, for cooperating with the various
States, though assuming much more au-
thority than the old ones, have been very
favorably received and accepted by the
authorities of twenty-five States and seven
Territories. The Legislatures Of the States
of Illinois. New York, Rhode Island and
Virginia, have passed acts giving full au-
thority to the officers Of the bureau for the
Quarantining, condemnation and destruc-
tion of animals affected and exposed to dan
gerous contagious disease. Pennsylvania
is the only State believed to be effected
with pleuro pneumonia, the authorities of
which have declined both to accept the new
rules and regulations, and to give the Ma
tional inspectors any recognition in this
work.
The last communication received from the
Governors agent is to the effect that, pro-
viding the Attorney General decides favor
ably, the Department Of Agriculture will
be permitted to pay the expense Of the
work in Pennsylvania, on condition that
the work is done under the supervision of
an officer under the Governors control and
subject to rules emanating from him. Such
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either party so soon as they are shown not
to be to the advantage OF either, and there
must be no possibility Of damage to the in
terests of the State by the action Of the
national officers Cooperation is not rec
commended upon these terms, as it is be-
lieved that work under such conditions
would be no more effective than the pres
ent State work, and consequently the gov
ernment has nothing to gain by paying the
expenses. An investigation is recon-
mended to determine the extent Of the in
fection in Pennsylvania, and il this should
prove sufficient to endanger the animals Of
other States, the cattle Of Pennsylvania
should be placed in quarantine and prohib-
tied from going to other States unless ac-
companied by q permit from an inspector
of the Bureau of Animal Industry.
During the six months the officers of this
bureau have inspected 2,36S herds in Illi-
nois, containing 1881 animals. They have
made post mortem examinations on the
carcasses Of 31S3 animals that have been
slaughtered from the infected districts,
and of these 300 animals showed the LESSONS
of contagious pleuro-pneumonia. Since
April 20, Sl9 animal have been COM
pulsorily slaughtered in Cook County
alone and paid for by This bureau. or these
22334, or nearly thirty per cent, were affected
by this disease. Very few affected animals
are being found and it is believed that the
outbreak is about stamped out.
In Maryland 2,406 herds, 233 containing g
1875 animals, were quarantined; the num-
ber Of diseased animals found in these
herds was IA. A total Of .253 post mortem
examinations have been made on carcasses
of slaughtered animals, showing 765 to
have been affected with pleuro- pneumonia.
Very few recent cases Of the disease have
been found and it is believed that but little
more is to be apprehended.
The work in New Jersey has only re-
Gently commenced, 453 herds, containing
3,S15 animals, have been inspected. Twenty
herds have been found infected, containing
PAS head, OF which 35 were reported dis
eased. Twenty-eight animals wore slaugh-
tered, of which 10 were found to be af-
| fected with pleuro. pneumonia.
| In New York 10 herds, containing 2,2Ol
animals, were inspected or these As were
infected and contained 937 animals, of which
1876 were reported diseased. Tho number
slaughtered was III, Of which 25 showed
the LESSONS Of pleuro-pneumonia.
The total number Of herds inspected In
the different States during six month was
1851, containing 45049 animals; 90S herds
and 1l,62S animals have been placed in
quarantine, among which were found 9O4
diseased animals. Post mortem eXamina
tons were made on the carcasses OF 4,5Sl
animals, and showed that ,l04 OF these
had been affected with pleuro-pneumonia